Record and index card system



Jan. 19, W32. c. r. TOLLEFESEN 1,841,652

RECORD AND INDEX CARD SYSTEM Filed Feb. 24, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1' "Jan. 19 1932, c. T. ToLQEFsEN 3,341,652

RECORD AND INDEX CARD SYSTEM Filed Feb. 24, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 19, 1932.

.UNITEDI srass PATENT orr'ics oAnLQ'rHonLEiF ToLLErsnN, or nxe'nox, NEAR OSLO, NORWAY- nnoonn AND INDEX CARD-SYSTEM Application fi1edFebru-ary'24,'1930, Serial 110.4%,992, andin Poland January 17, 1930.

In the U. S. A. application. 878,417, filed July 15, 1929, a record and index card system is described, the essential feature ofwhich is distinguished by this, that the I'BCOICllElllCl 5 index cards are provided. on their central parts with smooth ribbons, extending from the bottom edge to the top edge of the card.

The present invention has for its object to provide a device for receiving and manipulating such cards. 7

One purpose of theinvention is to provide a suitableboxfor receiving the said cards. Another purpose is toprovide a special shelf for supporting the several boxes so that any desired box may be'removed from the same for'examination of a special card or making notes onthe same.

A further purpose is to provide an improved card raising device by means of which the cards are manipulated easier than in known devices of this kind.

A further object is to provide a simple construction which may be easily manufactured at a low price. I

The invention isiillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig.1 shows a perspective viewof a box according to the invention after being placed upon the raising device. j

Fig. 2 is an end view of the card-raising device.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a box case for supporting card boxes and provided with a suitable manipulating desk.

In the drawing 1 designates a card-receiving box adapted to be placed in :a suitable box case 12 as shown in Fig. 3, The box is rectangular in shape, and it is placed so in the case that one of its short vertical sides, viz that shown at the right-hand side in-Fig. 1 is directed forwardin the said'case. This side is termed hereinafter the exposed end side of the box. The opposite end side consequentlywill be directed toward the case back. The exposed end side is provided at top with an outwardly directed flange 2 having a height from the bottom most possibly equal to the free vertical space between the two case shelves between which the box is inserted. Thereby the row of boxes placed in said space will fairly close the same, whereby the cards contained in the boxes are protected against dust.

- The vertical box end side located opposite, to the .expos'edione (at the left in Fig. 1) has a soinewhat'smaller height than the exposed sideand is provided attop with a similar outwardly directed'flange 2. Conse-. quently the flange 2 of the exposed end side has a greater distance from the box bottom than the corresponding flange of the oppositelend side This arrangement facilitate the handlingof the boxes in the-case l2.

From front to back the box has in -its bottom and back side a central slot, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. .1. The width of the cards corresponds ,tothe inner width of the box, whereby the cards obtain a suitable guidance. 3 designates. afront inspection aperture. 5

The cards 4: are provided with celluloid strips 5, the'ends of which are bent over the top and .bottom edges of the cardsand are inserted into slots made in the cards as described in application 378,417.

In Figure 2, 6 designates the card-raising block which is attached to a plate 7, the front part 8 of which preferably slopes somewhat upwards toward the front. 9 designate cardsup-porting ridges preferably made from metal and attached to the upper side of said front part 8 of the plate 7.

[The front edge 10 of the raising block is sloping and is provided with a number of teeth 11 each adapted to support a single card during the manipulation. 1

lVhen the box is placed. by means of the bottom slot upon the raising block6, the cards will be raised and thereby the cards resting along the front of the raising block will take up a stepped position so that names on the margins of the cards will appear clearly above each other.

Vhen now the box is moved forward, or the block 6 moved backwards, the cards will gradually drop and new cards appear. On the side flanges 2 of the box may be placed indicating letters so that the box may be placed at once correctly relatively tothe raising block 6 is fixed and a downwardly sloping part for writing on the cards.

As the boxes may be placed in the case or removed from the same whether the place of the box is near to the floor or at a considerable height, a very great number of cards may inthisway be placed on a limited wall space.

It will be understood that the invention maybe modified in many ways. As an exainple may be mentioned that the desk with the raising block may be hinged to a wall so that it may be turned downward when out of use. Further: the raising block may be placed movably on its desk. In this event the desk is preferably provided with projections against which the box should strike in its correct position during the manipulating of the raising block.

Glaims:

1. In a record and index card system for receiving cards, a card-receiving box having a central longitudinal slot in the box bottom from front to back and a'vertical slot in the boxback wall to a certain distance above the bottom, said back slot forming a continuation of saidbottom slot. 2. In a recordand index card system for receiving cards, a card-receiving box having a central longitudinal slot in the box bottom from front to back. and a vertical slot in the boxback wall to a certain distance abovethe bottom, said back slot forming a continuation of said bottom slot, and the front wall of the box being provided with an inspection opening.

3. In a record and index card system for receiving cards, a card-receiving box having a central longitudinal slot in the box bottom from front to back and a vertical slot in the box back wall to a certain distance above the bottom, said back slot forming a continuation of said bottom slot, the two opposite end sides of the box being provided with outwardly turned top flanges at different heights in each case from the box bottom.

4. In a record and index card system for receiving cards, a card-receiving box having a central longitudinal slot in the box bottom from front to back and a vertical slot in the box back wall to a certain distance above the bottom, said back slot forming a continuation of said bottom slot, and the front wall of the box being provided with an inspection opening, the two opposite end sides of the box being provided with outwardly turned topflanges at different heights from the box bottom.

5. In a record and index card system for receiving cards, a card-receiving box having a central longitudinal slot in the box bottom from front to back and a vertical slot in the box back wall to a certain distance above the bottom, said back slot forming a continua tion of said bottom slot in combination with a card raising block adapted to be inserted in the said slots and having stepped retaining teeth for the card edges and having a base with an upwardly inclined front part.

6. In a record and indexcard system for receiving cards, a card-receiving box having a central longitudinal slot in the box bottom from front to backand a vertical slot inrthe boxback wall to a certain distance above the bottom, said back slot forming a continuation of said bottom slot, in combinationwith a card-raising block adapted to be inserted in the said slots and having steppedretaining teeth for the card edges and having a base with an upwardly inclined front part, a supporting plate for the block having its front part. sloping upwards and provided on its top surface with box-supporting ridges adapted to facilitate the 'movement of the box upon the plate.

7 In a record and index card system, a card-receiving box ofrectangular shape, each of its opposite end sides being'provided with an outwardly directed top flange, the height of one flange from the box bottom being different from that of theopposite flange.

8. In a record and index. card system for receiving cards, a card-receiving box having a central longitudinal slot in the box bottom from front to back and a vertical slot in the box back wall to acert-ain distance above the bottom, said back slot forming a continuation of-said bottom slot, the boxhaving each ofits opposite end sides provided with an outwardly directed top flange, the height of one flange from the box bottom being diflerent from that of the opposite flange.

9. In a record and index card system for receiving cards, a card-receiving box having a central longitudinal slot in the box bottom from front to back and a vertical slot in the boxback wall to a certain distance above the bottom, said back slot forming a continuation of said bottom slot, the box having each of its opposite end sides provided with'an outwardly directed top flange, the height of one flange from the box bottom being different from that of the opposite flange, in combination with a cardraising block adapted to be insertedin said slots and attached to the upper surface of a desk.

CARL THORLEIF TOLLEFSEN. 

